Engineering Projects
Project pages emphasize the problem, architecture, interfaces, implementation decisions, verification, and lessons that are most relevant to each system.
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Some professional engineering experience cannot be represented here in technical detail. Program and customer information stays within its authorized audience; these public case studies are a selected view of my work.
Start with these systems
New here? Two short paths through the work:
- Hardware & integration path: SURFER → SENTRY → SPARK — a deployed 20-vessel autonomous fleet, a deployed mechatronics platform, and a prototype bring-up tool.
- Systems-tool / software path: Fusion System Blocks — system-architecture diagrams, typed connections, and rule checks inside CAD.
The complete taxonomy follows.
Flagship Systems
SURFER Autonomous Vessel Fleet
Maritime autonomy
20-vessel holonomic autonomous surface-vehicle fleet with dual-Pi control architecture, custom electronics, and hardware safety systems.
Deployed | Program: 2020–Present · My role: 2024–2026
SENTRY Autonomous Turret
Embedded control / mechatronics
Integrated electromechanical system combining embedded control, computer vision, and custom PCB design.
Deployed | 2023–2025
Fusion System Blocks
System-architecture tooling
Autodesk Fusion add-in embedding structured system-architecture diagrams inside Fusion designs — typed connections, rule checks, CAD links, and engineering exports.
Public Beta | 2025–Present
SPARK Programming Board
Hardware tooling
Custom development tool providing breakout access to JTAG/SWD, UART, SPI, I²C, and CAN interfaces. Beta hardware in bring-up.
Prototype | May 2025–Present
Roadmaps & Concepts
Planned work and design direction — not deployed systems.
SENTRY V4 Roadmap
Embedded control / mechatronics · concept
Planned ground-up redesign of the SENTRY platform with dedicated compute, control, and hardware-safety domains.
Concept — planning-stage, not a built or deployed system
Additional Engineering Work
Smaller tools, hardware, and infrastructure — compact summaries, linked where they live publicly.
Engineering Tools
Connector Engineering Field Guide
Engineering documentation
Open-source reference for connector selection and interface engineering — professional/industrial and hobby guides covering selection workflow, datasheet interpretation, MIL-DTL-38999, M8/M12, checklists, comparison matrices, and connector ICDs.
Published — v1.0 Source-Verified Release, continuously reviewed | Source on GitHub
PinmapGen
Hardware tooling
Generates firmware pin-map code from Fusion 360 Electronics schematics — removing the error-prone manual step of transcribing pin assignments from the schematic into code every time the design changes.
Public Beta | Source on GitHub
FusionToGitHub
Hardware tooling
Fusion 360 add-in that backs up designs to GitHub with one click, keeping a complete version history of every save.
Public Beta | Source on GitHub
Test & Educational Hardware
PID Hover Rig
Education
Ping-pong-ball levitation demonstrator designed end to end — mechanical, electrical, and hardware — as a hands-on PID controls teaching platform. Students implement the control loop on the real hardware as the core exercise.
GNSS Flight-Controller Test Hardware
Embedded control / mechatronics
Experimental hardware and test campaigns behind the peer-reviewed ICUAS 2025 publication on GNSS emulation for flight-controller test and evaluation.
Personal Engineering Infrastructure
Home Automation & Digital Twin Platform
Home Assistant–based residential controls and monitoring integrating HVAC, energy, solar, water, lighting, cameras, presence, network health, and ESP32/ESPHome sensors — with system-health dashboards, watchdogs, and resilient local automations.
Nomad Offline Knowledge Node
Self-contained local knowledge and AI platform on compact hardware with redundant storage — preserving documentation and providing search and inference without cloud connectivity.